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Written by David Brown
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Friday, 27 August 2010 |
 Harvest As anyone who has a vegetable garden, or who has been out and about in the countryside recently will have noticed, this year’s harvest is upon us. As the end of the growing season approaches and the weather changes we gather in our crops so that we will have food for the winter. The harvest has always been important in the Jewish faith from which the Christian faith arose. When the Israelites settled in the Promised Land they became an agrarian community, relying on farming to feed themselves. The theme of harvest is reflected in many of the Jewish ceremonial traditions. The image of gathering in the harvest also features strongly in the Christian gospels; when Jesus says “the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few ( Matthew 9:37 ) He is of course speaking metaphorically. We are the harvest – the people of the world; and we as Christians are the workers too, who must go out and bring the people to God through Jesus Christ.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 August 2010 )
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How to Read the Old Testament |
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Written by David Brown
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Monday, 17 May 2010 |
 Guide Book Are you interested in learning more about the Old Testament? If so, why not join us at Holy Trinity Church, every other Tuesday at either 11:00 or 20:00 beginning on the 1st of June 2010. Do you ever feel that you need to know more about how to read the Old Testament? Perhaps you’ve never really taken time to read it, or you’ve tried but found it hard going. (A member of our congregation recently told to me that she had read it and didn’t like the God she had read about.) Or maybe you feel you do have a working knowledge, but would like some new perspectives. Whatever your current level of knowledge and understanding, you will be welcome to join us in our new Bible study course. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 May 2010 )
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Written by David Brown
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Wednesday, 21 April 2010 |
 Interfaith A recent announcement in our newsletter caught my eye: “Stort Interfaith are having a talk by Rabbi Irit Shillor at the URC”. I hadn’t come across Stort Interfaith before and I have recently been thinking about other faiths and feeling embarrassed by my own lack of knowledge. So I went along to hear what Rabbi Shillor had to say. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 April 2010 )
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"We are all with you Jon" |
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Written by Jon Durrant
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
 I recently had the pleasure of paying the piano for one of our services. I think most people had been warned that I am far from a professional musician or even a competent one. I only started learning as an adult and have progressed well over the last ten years but I am still far from the standard we normally enjoy from Eileen or Mark. The experience made me think more deeply about the role of music in religion and worship. I thought I would therefore share some of my thoughts and research around its evolution.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 26 February 2010 )
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Written by Joyce Hammersley
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Saturday, 13 February 2010 |
 Baptismal Shell Among the treasures of our church is a lovely baptismal shell, given in memory of Cecil George Parsons, one of our choirboys who died over eighty years ago. The money in the youngster’s Post Office Savings Account was used to purchase it. It is touching that those grieving for the loss of a child should make such a gift: their generosity and sensitivity provided something delicate and appropriate which is used whenever a baby is baptised. The scallop was the sign worn by pilgrims who had visited the shrine of St James at Compostela in North-West Spain. It is a fitting reminder that we, too, are pilgrims. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 09 January 2010 )
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